Credit: Robert Howes
Reviewing the relationship between the Counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s and the LGBT movement, this talk concentrates on the origins of LGBT periodicals as part of the alternative press of the period.
It will cover such topics as the underground culture of gay men when male homosexuality was illegal, the repercussions of the decriminalisation of male homosexuality in 1967 and the campaign of legal discrimination to which both the early LGBT press and the alternative press were subjected in the late sixties and seventies. The talk will interweave national and international developments with examples of what was happening in Bristol and Bath, illustrated with slides. Event webpage
The talk will be given by Robert Howes of OutStories Bristol and is one event of the Bristol Radical History Festival 2025.
The talk is free though a donation to the Bristol Radical History Group would be welcome!
Sunday 27th April 2025, 2:40pm to 3:20pm
The Cube Microplex, Dove Street South, Kingsdown, Bristol BS2 8JD
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